Watch Webinar – Iran’s Threat to Global Shipping: What Can Be Done?
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The Iranian regime is in trouble, with strikes eliminating its intelligence chief; the head of its Basij forces; and its security chief—and top decisionmaker—Ali Larijani in recent days.
Now, Iran is exercising its last lifeline: closing the Strait of Hormuz and bringing much of the world’s energy flows to a halt. While President Donald Trump is pushing U.S. allies to help secure the vital trade artery, none have publicly agreed to thus far.
To discuss potential solutions to the Strait of Hormuz bottleneck from the U.S. and Israeli military perspectives, JINSA hosted a webinar with two leading subject matter experts.
The discussion featured JINSA Distinguished Fellow IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, the former head of Israel’s National Security Council, and JINSA Generals and Admirals Program Participant VADM (ret.) Herman Shelanski, former Commander, Carrier Strike Group 10, and former Senior Military Advisor to the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense.
JINSA Vice President for Policy Blaise Misztal moderated the conversation.
IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a Distinguished Fellow at JINSA. Prior to joining JINSA, MG Amidror was the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, as well as the head of Israel’s National Security Council. MG (ret.) Amidror also has served as Director of Israel’s Intelligence Analysis Division. |
VADM Herman Shelanski, USN (ret.) VADM Herman Shelanski, USN (ret.) is a JINSA Generals and Admirals Program Participant and former Commander of the U.S. Navy’s Carrier Strike Group 10. He also previously served as Senior Military Advisor to the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense and as Director for Assessments, U.S. Navy. |
Blaise Misztal Blaise Misztal is the Vice President for Policy at JINSA. Misztal previously was a Fellow at the Hudson Institute, and has held roles as the Executive Director of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States and Director of the National Security Program at the Bipartisan Policy Center. |